Young women in Chechnya

Gym class at School No. 1 in the Chechen village of Serzhen-Yurt. The schoolgirls, all dressed in skirts with their heads wrapped in scarves, say gym clothes violate the Muslim dress code. They have to be modestly dressed in front of boys.

A Colorado school district has come under fire from parents in the community when a local middle school told girls that they will have to submit to sharia-compliant rules. They also forced girls to kneel and pray to Allah

Muslim dress code.

The Muslim women dress from a small headscarf to a full-length jilbab. Also there are seven conditions to the Muslim dress code for women, and all revolving around protecting women "from the lustful gaze of men".

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